- Menzies High School
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Menzies High School Science College Established 1902 Type Comprehensive community school Religion Secular Headteacher Mr Gary Hill Specialism Science Location Clarkes Lane
West Bromwich
West Midlands
B71 2BX
EnglandLocal authority Sandwell DfE URN 104003 Ofsted Reports Students 1518 Gender Co-educational Ages 11–18 Website www.menzieshighschool.co.uk Coordinates: 52°32′19″N 1°59′47″W / 52.53857°N 1.99651°W
Menzies High School is a secondary school located in the Hateley Heath area of West Bromwich, a town in the West Midlands of England. It has Science College status. The school was used as one of the filming locations for the 1986 film Clockwise, starring John Cleese.[citation needed] Template:Http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090852/locations
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History
It was opened in 1902 as West Bromwich Municipal Secondary School at the West Bromwich Institute on Lodge Lane. It was funded by Sir George Kenrick. It became West Bromwich Grammar School in 1944, and moved to new buildings on Clarkes Lane in 1964. It was only a grammar school at this site for five years, becoming a comprehensive school in September 1969 when West Bromwich borough council (which merged with Warley five years later to form Sandwell) abolished grammar and secondary modern schools in the area. The school now has some 1,500 pupils including sixth formers on its roll.
Admissions
It serves the Charlemont, Tantany, Hateley Heath and Stone Cross areas of West Bromwich. The Sixth Form College has over two-hundred students and are the largest Sixth Form in the Sandwell area. Miss J. Barr is the current head of the Sixth Form, Mr Jones is her deputy. The current head teacher is Mr Gary Hill.
Currently there is a local teenage anti under-age drink campaign involving the West Midlands Police and local schools including also feeder schools, as the local area has a long-running problem with drug abuse and bullying alcoholism.
Academic performance
The School is one of the most improved secondary schools in Sandwell. The school has an exceptional pupil centered approach to it pastoral care and was proud to receive the "Every Child Matters Quality Mark" at Silver Level in July 2009. The Quality Mark is run by Ormiston Education, a not for profit education organisation, working largely in school improvement and development.
Alumni
West Bromwich Grammar School
- Robert Dale, Managing Director of Lucas Electrical from 1985-7 and Lucas Automotive from 1987-92
- Prof Reginald Foakes, Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1983-93
- Sir James Mountford, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool from 1945-63 and President of the Classical Association from 1962-3
- Prof Berrick Saul CBE, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York from 1979-93
- David Smith, Assistant Editor of The Sunday Times since 1998, and Economics Editor since 1989
- Brian Walden, television presenter and former Labour MP for Birmingham All Saints from 1964-74, and Birmingham Ladywood from 1974-77
- Madeleine Carroll, Actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.
External links
- School website
- EduBase
- Menzies High School details
- Department for Transport: School travel strategies and plans: case studies report - Menzies High School
- Old Throstles Association
News items
Categories:- Schools in Sandwell
- Comprehensive schools in the West Midlands (county)
- Science Colleges in the West Midlands (county)
- Educational institutions established in 1902
- 1902 establishments in England
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